Editing National Hockey League (section)

===Women in the NHL===
From 1952 to 1955, [[Marguerite Norris]] served as president of the [[Detroit Red Wings]], being the first female NHL executive and the first woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup. In 1992, [[Manon Rhéaume]] became the first woman to play a game in any of the major professional North American sports leagues, as a goaltender for the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] in a preseason game against the [[St. Louis Blues]], stopping seven of nine shots.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Basu|first1=Arpon|title=Part 1: Manon Rhéaume shatters the gender barrier|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=642005|website=NHL.com|date=September 23, 2012|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229131739/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=642005|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Manon Rheaume, Team Canada |url=http://www.whockey.com/profile/canada/rheaume.html |website=whockey.com |access-date=April 15, 2020 |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525160351/http://www.whockey.com/profile/canada/rheaume.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, [[Dawn Braid]] was hired as the [[Arizona Coyotes]]' skating coach, making her the first female full-time coach in the NHL.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bieler |first1=Des |title=NHL's first female full-time coach hired by Arizona Coyotes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/24/nhls-first-female-full-time-coach-hired-by-arizona-coyotes/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=April 15, 2020 |date=August 24, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027193447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/24/nhls-first-female-full-time-coach-hired-by-arizona-coyotes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The first female referees in the NHL were hired in a test-run during the league's preseason prospect tournaments in September 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roarke |first1=Shawn P. |title=Women officials thrilled by NHL experience |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/women-referees-at-nhl-prospect-tournament/c-309020390 |website=NHL.com |access-date=February 6, 2020 |date=September 10, 2019 |archive-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317225819/https://www.nhl.com/news/women-referees-at-nhl-prospect-tournament/c-309020390 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, the NHL hosted the [[2016 Outdoor Women's Classic]], an exhibition game between the [[Boston Pride]] of the [[National Women's Hockey League]] and [[Les Canadiennes]] of the [[Canadian Women's Hockey League]], as part of the [[2016 NHL Winter Classic]] weekend festivities.<ref>{{cite web |title=NHL to host first-ever Outdoor Women's Classic presented by Scotiabank |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=794629 |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229131416/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=794629 |archive-date=December 29, 2015 |date=December 28, 2015}}</ref> In 2019, the NHL invited four women from the US and Canadian Olympic teams to demonstrate the events in [[2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game#Skills Competition|All-Star skills competition]] before the [[2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]. Due to [[Nathan MacKinnon]] choosing not to participate following a bruised ankle, Team USA's [[Kendall Coyne Schofield]] competed in the Fastest Skater competition in his place, becoming the first woman to officially compete in the NHL's All-Star festivities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benjamin |first1=Amalie |title=Coyne Schofield shines in fastest skater at All-Star Skills |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/kendall-coyne-schofield-shines-in-fastest-skater-at-all-star-skills/c-304238704 |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 15, 2020 |date=January 25, 2019 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604140602/https://www.nhl.com/news/kendall-coyne-schofield-shines-in-fastest-skater-at-all-star-skills/c-304238704 |url-status=live }}</ref> The attention led the NHL to include a [[2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game#Elite Women's 3-on-3 game|3-on-3 women's game]] before the [[2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2020 All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berkman |first1=Seth |title=Women Get a Spotlight, but No Prize Money, in New N.H.L. All-Star Event |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/sports/hockey/nhl-skills-competition-women.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124082033/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/sports/hockey/nhl-skills-competition-women.html |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The New York Times |access-date=April 15, 2020 |date=January 24, 2020}}</ref> Rheaume returned to perform as a goaltender for the [[2022 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2022 NHL All-Star Game]]'s Breakaway Challenge.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Tracey |title=Rheaume set for return to ice as goalie in 2022 NHL All-Star Skills |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/manon-rheaume-to-participate-in-2022-nhl-all-star-skills/c-330423200 |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 12, 2022 |date=February 1, 2022 |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204232101/https://www.nhl.com/news/manon-rheaume-to-participate-in-2022-nhl-all-star-skills/c-330423200 |url-status=live }}</ref>